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Thursday, October 13, 2011 Luminant filed a Notice of Suspension of Operations with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas » http://www.dailytribune.net/articles/2011/10/04/news/doc4e8b33c181832466551796.txt
Thursday, October 13, 2011 Peabody Energy and ArcelorMittal have received regulatory clearance from China for their A$4.9 bill » http://af.reuters.com/article/metalsNews/idAFL3E7LD16Y20111013
Thursday, October 13, 2011 Harbor Intelligence looks for an increase in Chinese aluminum imports and price gains in the fourth » http://www.commodityonline.com/futures-trading/market-report/Higher-Chinese-aluminum-imports-to-support-prices-25437.html
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 The discount on Canadian heavy crude oil has narrowed with start-up drawing near... » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/12/markets-cancrude-idUSN1E79B1CX20111012
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 This winter, the tallest thing on the Billings horizon won't be First Interstate Bank. It will be o » http://missoulian.com/news/local/article_ebf1dc82-ed75-11e0-9fd3-001cc4c002e0.html
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 Saudi Arabia is laying 2,400 miles of rail lines, almost enough to stretch across the continental.. » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-12/saudis-lay-2-400-miles-of-rail-to-ease-oil-dependence-freight.html
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 Oil prices drifted lower Tuesday after OPEC cut its estimate for world oil demand for this year » http://http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9QA5UA00.htm
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 Aluminum demand has remained remarkably robust over the last couple of years and the market is eage » http://agmetalminer.com/2011/10/11/alcoas-quarterly-statement-awaited-for-hints-of-us-smelter-restarts/
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 United Company Rusal will receive $1.4 billion from China Development Bank to help fund constructio » http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/rusal-smelter-to-get-14bln-chinese-loan/445245.html
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it received new contracts » http://www.jacobs.com/News.aspx?id=6720
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 Multi-billion dollar contracts between Russia and Venezuela, sponsored by Hugo Chavez, the incumben » http://en.ria.ru/analysis/20111011/167579958.html
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 Suncor Energy Inc (SU.TO) said on Tuesday that its 135,000 barrel per day refinery... » http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/10/11/refinery-operations-suncor-edmonton-idUKN1E79A0PJ20111011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 Holly Energy Partners LP has agreed to acquire pipelines and other logistical properties... » http://www.ogj.com/articles/2011/10/hollyfrontier-holly-energy-okay-logistics-deal.html
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 Saudi Arabian Oil Co. will sign a contract next month with China Petrochemical Corp., or Sinopec... » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-11/aramco-sinopec-to-sign-refinery-accord-asharq-says-correct-.html
Monday, October 10, 2011 Clashing priorities of jobs versus the environment are provoking questions about how far » http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/07/politics/clean-energy-politics/
Monday, October 10, 2011 Emirates Aluminium, a leading single site aluminium smelter complex, recently held » http://www.steelguru.com/metals_news/Emal_begins_work_on_phase_2_development/228739.html
Monday, October 10, 2011 Australia’s parliament will vote this week to put into law the nation’s first tax on greenhouse gas » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-09/australian-lawmakers-to-vote-on-carbon-tax-this-week-swan-says.html
Monday, October 10, 2011 The Royal Commission for Yanbu (RCY) announced on Monday that it was building a major refinery... » http://arabnews.com/economy/article515518.ece
Monday, October 10, 2011 The long search of an ideal site for building a new 500,000-tonne smelter by National Aluminium Com » http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/nalcos-rush-to-put-an-end-to-its-smelter-troubles/452094/
Monday, October 10, 2011 Refiners along the Gulf Coast are benefiting from growing supplies of cheap crude produced nearby a » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/06/us-eagleford-oil-idUSTRE7955ZP20111006
Monday, October 10, 2011 U.S. Gulf Coast refiners watching Midwest rivals reap hefty profits from an influx of cheap Canadia » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/06/us-eagleford-oil-refining-idUSTRE7955XG20111006
Monday, October 10, 2011 Petrobras (PETR4.SA) (PBR.N) said its 100,000 barrel per day Pasadena, Texas, » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/04/refinery-operations-petrobras-idUSWEN907820111004
Monday, October 10, 2011 European Union plans to make oil refiners pay for carbon emissions from 2013 » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/03/us-refineries-regulation-idUSTRE79216L20111003
Monday, October 10, 2011 India's Reliance Industries has bought an extra 600,000 barrels of crude from Saudi Aramco for Octo » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/07/reliance-saudi-crude-idUSL3E7L716A20111007
Monday, October 10, 2011 West Coast spot gasoline pricing differentials soared Monday morning on news of an equipment snag.. » http://www.marketwatch.com/story/west-coast-spot-gasoline-gains-on-refinery-flaring-2011-10-10?reflink=MW_news_stmp
Thursday, October 6, 2011 OPEC countries which boosted oil production to compensate for the loss of Libyan supply » http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/Oil/8423316
Thursday, October 6, 2011 With the excitement over renewable energy, it might be reasonable to assume that » http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11277/1179515-28-0.stm
Thursday, October 6, 2011 Say goodbye to the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association. No, the trade group » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2011/10/04/industry-trade-group-ditches-refiners-in-name-change/
Thursday, October 6, 2011 Total launched a 45-day plantwide turnaround at its 232,000 barrel-per-day refinery in » http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFS1E78K0N320110921
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 Global aluminum prices cannot fall much further, with as much as two-fifths of global production » http://arabnews.com/economy/article510896.ece
Monday, October 3, 2011 Quebec’s three aluminum producers will invest $15 billion over the next seven to 10 years » http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Aluminum+producers+invest+billion+Quebec/5495526/story.html
Thursday, September 29, 2011 Total net US oil import dependence in July reversed downward after two months of increases, » http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/Oil/6536690
Thursday, September 29, 2011 Gov. Rick Perry has appointed William F. Scott of Nederland to the Texas State University System Bo » http://www.kfdm.com/articles/governor-44994-regent-tsus.html#ixzz1ZN7zZUiX
Thursday, September 29, 2011 A group of 34 U.S. Congress members has asked Spain's Repsol to drop plans to explore for oil » http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/us-lawmakers-urge-repsol-to-drop-cuba-oil-plans
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 Last month the federal government published proposed regulations for coal-fired electricity generat » http://www.power-eng.com/news/2011/09/1508873247/canada-federal-government-proposes-new-regulations-on-coal-fired-electric...
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